Gummed paper.



H. N. ENHoLn/I. AGUIVIMEI) PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I9. 1915.

Lw. Patenfemug. 29,1916.

aan

HILIVIER N. ENI-IOLM; OF WINCHESTR, IDAHO.

GUlVIlVIED PAPER.

riaaaaa Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented fitug. 2Q, 1991 06.

Application led May 19, 1915. Serial No. 29,166.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HILMER N. ENHOLM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winchester, in the county of Lewis and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gummed Paper, of which the following is a specification.

l My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in attaching devices,

l the primary object of my invention' being the yprovision of an Aarticle whichv may be put. up in convenient form and used in place of mucilage, glue, paste and other liquid or semiliquid adhesives. i

More particularly my invention consists in the provision of an adhesive in the form of relatively thin paper both sides of which tained in a suitable cover, the sheets of glued paper being creased, scored or perforated to divide them into stamps orlseals of suitable size and shape for the purpose intended,

each cover preferably containing a plurality of stamps or seals of different shapes and sizes.

lVith these and other objects in View, my invention-will be more fully'described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then specifically pointed out in the claim which is attached to and forms a part of this application.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective View of one of my improved seal books, parti'ally open; Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the glued sheets removed from .th'e book, showing one manner of perforating such sheets; Fig. 3 is asimilar view, showing the sheet perforated in another manner.

Corresponding and like parts are' referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the sam reference characters. l

My presentinvention comprehends a container '10 -in whichare arranged alternate oiled, waxed or otherwise treated in such a A manner that the. glued paper will not stick to` it, even though moistened,l and the glued paper, which is preferably relatively thin, has both surfaces covered with a uniform coating of 'any suitable adhesive, such as glue'or mucilage, a type of adhesive such as that employed upon postage and revenue stamps being preferred.

As will be clear from reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the glued and unglued sheets are identical iii shape and size, such shape and size being both optional, and the container preferably consists of two correspondingly shaped pieces of cardboard or other suitable material 13 and 14 forming front and back covers between which the glued and unglued sheets are secured. These sheets may be secured in any suitable manner between the covers as by clenched staples 15 passed through thev sheets and covers at one end in much the same Ina-nner in which stamp sheets are now secured in stamp packages.

The glued sheets may be creased or scored in various directions, as shown at' 16, or formed with lines of perforations, as shown at 17, in order to provide seal or stamp portions 18 of various sizes and shapes. If the container is a small one, certain of the sheets may be unscored and certain others scored to form seals of any preferred sizes and dimensions.

In use, a seal, of suitable size and dimensions, is severed from its containing sheet inthe same manner that a stamp would be severed from a sheet of stamps and such seal is placed between the surfaces to be fastened together. The surfaces to be fastened together may be first moistened and the dry seal inserted between them or both sides of the seal may be moistened and placed between the dry surfaces. Again, one side of the seal or one of the surfaces may be moistened and the seal applied `and the other surface to be sealed or the other side of the seal then moistened. It will be apparent that seals of this nature are susceptible of wide and varied use. For instance, they maybe employed in securing ungummed stamps to envelops or in albums for sealing ungummed envelope or for seal! for ing paper wrappings about parcels. In Having thus described the inventiomwhat fact they may be put to practically any use is claimed as new is:

which glue, paste or mucilage is employed.

It will of course be understood that I do not wish in any way to limit myself to the specific type of cover or container for the glued sheets or to the Vsize or shape either of the sheets themselves or of the seals outlined -by -the perforations formed in the sheets. Neither do I wish to be limited to the use of any particular adhesive upon the glued sheets or to the particular wax or other suitable coating for the unglued sheets.

Furthermore, material other than paper may be employed if found suitable or efflcient.

A book of seals including covers and a plurality of sheets of material all ofthe same shape and size bound between the covers, alternate sheets being oiled and `the other sheets gummed, the gummed sheets being provided with weakened tearing lines to divide the sheets, respectively, into seals of assorted shapes or sizes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature i'n presence of two witnesses.

.HILMER N. ENHOLM. [14s.] Witnesses:

LonET-TA DALTON, HENRIETTA HARPER. 

